Most recent public comments by Melissa Espinal https://nowcomment.com/users/11331 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25272?scroll_to=288524 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25272?scroll_to=288524 It's difficult to say. On the one hand, you want to give enough background information so that people who aren't familiar with the subject have a good foundation for what they are about to read but on the other, you don't want to be repetitive with whatever information you're giving. I guess if the background material is going to be something that people may already know, then it should be absolutely essential and the author should be make sure to present it as different and fresh as they possibly can. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:04 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25205?scroll_to=287453 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25205?scroll_to=287453 Is it possible that the term "lost" is used for the many people that died? An entire generation of young adults who had been taken too soon, leaving the nation without people to help build the future? Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:06 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275554 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275554 I think the title also ties up the idea of "Slyviamania. To compare Plath to the goddess may seem like a stretch but when taken into consideration how she was viewed in her time and is still viewed in the literary world, goddess seems appropriate. Celebrities sometimes seem just as out of reach and magical as a god. I think it works. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:50 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25198?scroll_to=271263 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25198?scroll_to=271263 The term sexual stalker puts things a bit more into perspective. It takes a bit of the blame of off Assia as some sort of demon enchantress and cast a more honest view of what kind of man Hughes actually was. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:47 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25198?scroll_to=271228 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25198?scroll_to=271228 Although femme fatale is fitting given the description of Hughes obsession with Assia, the term further absolves him of his responsibility in the disintegration of his marriage and the eventual suicides of both these women! Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:46 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25186?scroll_to=267192 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25186?scroll_to=267192 The final paragraph gave the author of the review that final stamp of authority a reader may need. He lets us know that the biography was thoughtful, insightful and trustworthy. His use of the word devotion let me know that the biography was written with passion and that the subject was worthy of every bit of it. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:41 -0500